SOLUTION: A storehouse is used to store bags of barley and rice. There are 7 times as many bags of rice as there are bags of barley. A worker counts that there are 72 more bags or rice than

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Question 878524: A storehouse is used to store bags of barley and rice. There are 7 times as many bags of rice as there are bags of barley. A worker counts that there are 72 more bags or rice than bags of barley. How many bags of barley are there?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39626) About Me  (Show Source):
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b bags of barley
r bags of rice
r%2Fb=7 and r-b=72.